Empower Entrepreneurship among Youth
About APYEF
We are committed to providing Canadian young entrepreneurs with overseas opportunities, connections and resources across the Asia-Pacific region.
Since the launch ceremony, APYEF has successfully established partnerships with VCs, Angels, incubators, accelerators, and university innovation centers across Canada, the United States, and China. APYEF is on the way to becoming a cross-border ecosystem for Canadian startup entrepreneurs.
Featured Startups
Proud to bring together innovative projects across Canada
FREDsense
Global Champion at She Loves Tech Startup Pitch Competition 2018
FREDsense combines biology and engineering to detect chemicals in industrial water.
Past Event Judges/Mentors/Speakers
Proud to bring inspirational experts from across the Canada
Pascale Audette
CEO at Carebook Technologies
Amine Benmousssa
Principal, Healthcare Venture Fund, BDC Capital
Mikael Charette
COO at Wellfunded
Marc Chriqui
Angel Investor, Former President at Raymark
JS Cournoyer
Co-Founder and Partner at Real Ventures, Co-Founder and Partner at Element AI
Laura Easton
Analyst at Real Venture
Sergio A. Escobar
CEO at BCF Ventures, Managing Director at Founder Insitute Montreal
Oscar Farrera
Former Project Officer at HEC Montreal School of Buinsess Hub for Entrepreneurship
Dr. Suzanne Fortier
Principal and Vice-Chancellor at McGill University, Former President of the NSERC
Jiro Kondo
Assistant Professor at Desaltel School of Business at McGill University
Richard Lan
Managing Partner at Grimsey Capital Partners
Natacha Mainville
Senior Research Program Manager at Google AI, Former Chief Innovation Officer at TandemLaunch
Laviva Mazhar
Investment Analyst at Luge Capital
Jason Della Rocca
Co-Founder at Execution Labs
Joan Vogelesang
Founder of Toon Boom
Aurelie Wen
Managing Director North America, Agorize
Sanjay Zimmermann
Associate at White Star Capital
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Thank you! Past Event Sponsors
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